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More information can be found at

https://www.phpco.in
and
https://www.phpco.in/mobile which will allow an easier use when on a phone.

phpCOIN would like to extend best wishes and every success to the developers of phpco.in and the PHPCoin e-Wallet for Bitcoins software.

Developers Needed

Announcements

Wednesday- June 15, 2011 @ 09:50:58 UTC

General

Back-story

phpCOIN was originally developed by Mike Lansberry to run his own web hosting business and released to the public under pressure from friends and interested users. Mike found the burden of running support and development to be too intrusive on his time, and the rights to the code and operations were transferred to Stephen Kitching (cantex) who subsequently set up a limited company in Canada called COINSoft Technologies Inc. to administrate the project and attract investors.

Over the next 5 years, as a major shareholder in COINSoft Technologies Inc., Technology Services RPVW S.L. (a British owned limited company based in Spain) invested many thousands of hours in development, research and support into the phpCOIN v1 project, and into the phpCOIN v2 commercial project, which was under development, and as a result, a 6 figure (Euros) debt was accumulated owing to Technology Services RPVW S.L.

Following the sad and unexpected death of Stephen Kitching from cancer, the directors and shareholders of the Canadian company attempted to replace him as the project developer without success. The decision was made to close down the Canadian company but the debt to Technology Services RPVW S.L. remained and the asset value of COINSoft Technologies Inc. could not come anywhere close to covering this debt.

In order to salvage something from the disaster, Technology Services RPVW S.L. agreed to accept the rights to the phpCOIN projects in lieu of payment but, unfortunately, no-one in Canada was able to find or make available the development code for the phpCOIN v2 project.

Today

Over the past year, Technology Services RPVW S.L. has done everything possible to maintain the availability of the phpCOIN v1 project and its support to the public. Increasing workloads and limited developer resources have proved to be too much of a strain, and unfortunately, we have had to suspend the project for the time being.

It is a sad reflection on the state of the phpCOIN community (with the exception of a couple of users) that no-one who promised their support and help with the project actually made good on their commitments.

The Future

Frankly, the future of the phpCOIN project looks somewhat bleak at the time of writing. Unless a suitable lead developer steps up to the plate to collaborate with us and undertake the forward development of the project and co-ordinate coder contributions, we do not see any immediate way of getting the project back on-track. The disappointing fact is that the road-map and feature set to turn phpCOIN into a truly world class project has existed for some time, but the lack of developer contributions and community support has effectively paralysed the project.

So what can we do, and what's in it for you?

We have a number of options at this time. We could just abandon the project which would be a criminal shame. We could sell the whole project on to a third party (assuming their offer was acceptable). Or we could collaborate with someone willing and suitable to take over the position of lead developer for the project.

Given that the project is open source and distributed free, we are not willing at this time to employ anyone to fill this position, but any developer that took this on would be fully accredited with their work, and would receive all the support and resources that Technology Services RPVW S.L. can offer. There also exists opportunities for developers and contributors to the project to offer officially accredited enterprise commercial support, and thus create a revenue stream for themselves.

An alternative might be to stop trying to re-invent the wheel, and re-code phpCOIN as a (commercial?) 'drop in' module for existing, established, shopping cart(s) or content management system(s).

A lead developer should have extensive knowledge of PHP coding and preferably have some experience in shopping cart / financial software (for international distribution), and be willing to contribute a significant amount of time to the project over several years to ensure some sort of continuity. As previously stated, a road-map already exists with what we consider to be the way forward to make the phpCOIN project a world class shopping cart/invoicing application which can be used by web hosting companies or for any other e-commerce application. Nothing is set in stone and any developer input and ideas would would be appraised on their respective merits.

We do require that any applicant for the position of lead developer should be absolutely fluent in English (preferably a native English speaker) and also be available and willing to communicate by telephone. If you are interested in taking on this project, please phone us or eMail us using the details below.

Tel:+34 971518362 Fax: +34 971518368 eMail: support@phpcoin.com

Bugs website

Announcements

Wednesday- September 29, 2010 @ 17:57:25 UTC

News

Due to an unprecedented surge in the number of bot generated sign-ups we have started to receive for the http://bugs.phpcoin.com website, we are sorry to have been forced into the position of withdrawing the self-sign-up facility.

What a shame that the spammers are so intent on getting their rubbish out in front of everybody that they try to ruin respectable sites by inundating them with new "false" user sign-ups .......... just for the purpose of being able to post their spam !!

If anyone needs a bug site account to report a legitimate bug or security issue, please eMail us (Use the contact button above) or contact us via the support forums.

Footer removal licences

Announcements

Monday- July 05, 2010 @ 12:02:16 UTC

News

We have re-introduced the sale of licences to remove the 'Powered by phpCOIN' footer line.

Unfortunately there has had to be a small price increase and these licences are now being sold at a cost of €50.- Euros (Including sales tax) - This is a one-time, perpetual fee for a non-transferable, non refundable licence.

Unfortunately, we have been forced to drop the 'Supporters' Page .due to administrative costs and time constraints. We should like to extend our apologies to customers who were listed on the page.

We shall, however, be maintaining the 'Wall of Shame' page for posting the URL's of websites that are seen to be infringing on the EULA that they accepted during their installation of phpCOIN.

A policy of 'Zero Tolerance' will be applied to any sites seen to be in any material breach of this EULA

Press Release

Announcements

Tuesday- April 27, 2010 @ 10:28:26 UTC

News

Following the sad and untimely death of the COINSoft Technologies Inc. lead developer (cantex), I am sure some of you are wondering what the future of the phpCOIN project holds.

The shareholders of COINSoft Technologies Inc. have, reluctantly, decided to close the company, but were determined that the phpCOIN project should not just be left to die.

As a consequence, the Ownership, Title, Intellectual property rights, Copyright and Usage of the phpCOIN code, domain names, websites and trade names have all been acquired by the (British owned) company in Spain for whom I (lightman) work as a consultant, and which has been supporting phpCOIN since version 1.2.1b, and have been hosting and managing all the phpCOIN websites for the last 5 years.

With the backing of the new owners, I shall endeavor to continue to support the phpCOIN community and users as best I can. I should like to extent my thanks to azcappy and demostenes who have pledged their continuing, and invaluable, assistance to the project.

The main, demo, docs, bugs and forum websites should all be fully functional again, and, over the coming weeks, will all be updated to reflect the new owners of phpCOIN. The CVS server site has been dropped for the time being, and no decision has been made, as yet, as to whether it will be re-instated, and, in what format.

The software package itself will be upgraded to v1.6.6 to reflect the new ownership, and will contain whatever bugs and security fixs that have been addressed since the release of the v1.6.5 version. With everything that needs to be done following the acquisition of the project, I am sure you will understand that we are unable to give a firm date for the v1.6.6 release, so do check back for updates ! In the meantime, any reference you might find to COINSoft Technologies Inc. should be interpreted as referring to the new operators of the project.

With respect to the phpCOINv2 project, I am disappointed to have to announce that we have been completely unsuccessful in our attempts to access the development code for this project. Regrettably, we must write off this project for the conceivable future.

Regarding the future of the open source phpCOIN project, we should be interested in corresponding with any developer that might be interested in establishing a long-term relationship with the project. Anyone that is interested, and believes they are in a position to contribute to, and support the project, should contact us on supportphpcoincom.

We are enormously grateful to all the past contributors of modules, themes, languages, button sets, add-ons and documentation that has been made available to the project. If, however, you wish that your contribution be removed from the phpCOIN downloads page for any reason, please don't hesitate to contact us.

The new operators of the phpCOIN project will honor and respect any license to remove the 'Powered by phpCOIN' footer line that was purchased prior to this announcement. Unfortunately, we are unable to process licenses or donations at this time, but we hope to reinstate the license program, in one form or another, once we have a clearer idea of future policies.

lightman

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